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Interview with Angela Eiter, the queen of climbing competitions who recently bid her official farewell to the world of competitions.

Ivo Ferrari and Cresta Segantini: the ascent of the Grignetta west ridge, beautiful in both summer and winter.

Giulio Caresio analyses the visible and invisible aspects of an extraordinary achievement: the record-breaking ascent and descent of the Matterhorn in 2:52:02.

The report by Niccolò Ceria and his five-week bouldering trip to Rocklands, South Africa, which culminated with the repeat of Golden Shadow 8B+.

In July Jorg Verhoeven carried out the traverse of the Zillertaler Hauptkamm in Austria. An unusual week of alpinism in the busy schedule of a great sport climbing champion.

Interview with Adam Ondra who succeeded in his first 9a onsight today by sending the route Cabane au Canada at the Swiss crag Rawyl.

Andy Frötscher from Klobenstein (BZ) is the veteran of the Red Bull X-Alps 2013, he has competed in all editions. On July 7th he will leave for his sixth crossing paragliding and running across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco. With Aaron Durogati and Peter Gebhard to defend the Italian...

Born in 1985, Peter Gebhard will take part in his first ever Red Bull X-Alps on July 7 2013. Together with the other two Italians, Aaron Durogati and expert Andy Frötscher, the man from Val Gardena will fly and run across the Alps from Salzburg in Austria to the Principality...

Rossano Libera recalls the first integral repeat of Birthright (Grands Charmoz - Mont Blanc) carried out in 2008 with Claudio Pozzi.

Interview with Aaron Durogati, the 26-year-old from Meran and winner of the paragliding World Cup. Together with Peter Gebhard and expert Andy Frötscher he will take part in the superb Red Bull X-Alps 2013 paragliding and running marathon: across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco, beginning on 7 July.

Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated the climb Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre, Aosta. This is the first 9a for the strong climber from Turin.

In this interview we ask Simone Moro, Maurizio Folini and Armin Senoner to speak about their helicopter rescue operations carried out between April and May this year in the Nepalese Himalayas, about their records but also about the prospects and difficulties of operating on the highest mountains in the world....

On 26 May 2013, Paolo Zanoli, Giovanni Pagnoncelli and Davide Gallian made the first ascent of Ghost Face (TD+, 850m length, 550m height) up the North East Face of Hubshorn (3192m, Pennine Alps). The peak is located on the border between Italy's Piedmont and Switzerland's Canton of Valais and the...

Climbing video of Tom Randall training on hand jams and fist jams.

Video of Germany's Jan Hojer training for climbing.

The French company Petzl has issued the following press release concerning the mechanical prusik ZIGZAG for arborists.